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''[[Jannie Kortbroek]]'' ("Johnny short pants") was a comedy by [[J P Acland Bischoff]]
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''[[Jannie Kortbroek]]'' ("Johnny short pants") is a South African satirical comedy by an unknown author.
  
==The original text==
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==Attributions==
''[[Jannie Kortbroek]]'' ("Johnny short pants") was a South African comedy by an unknown author.
 
  
==The original text==
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Attributed to [[Stephen Black]] by [[P.W. Laidler]] in his ''Annals of the Cape Stage'' (1926), a belief taken up by a number of sources (e.g. the ''[[Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa]]'', [[Thelma Gutsche]] and [[Jill Fletcher]]).
  
Attributed to [[Stephen Black]] by [[P.W. Laidler]] in his ''Annals of the Cape Stage'' (1926), a belief taken up by later sources (e.g. the Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa, Thelma Gutsche and Jill Fletcher).  
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However, [[Stephen Gray]] (1999, p.101), claims that the play was not by Black, but a work written ''in imitation'' of [[Stephen Black]]'s popular plays, and was misattributed to Black by [[P.W. Laidler]] in his ''Annals of the Cape Stage'' (1926).
  
However, [[Stephen Gray]] (1999, p.101), cleaims that was not by Black, but a work written ''in imitation'' of [[Stephen Black]]'s popular plays, and was misattributed to Black by [[P.W. Laidler]] in his ''Annals of the Cape Stage'' (1926).
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One source (''[[Eastern Province Herald]]'', June 7 1916) attributes the play to a [[J.P. Acland Bischoff]] (1874-1936).
  
The play is also attributed to a [[J.P. Acland Bischoff]] by the ''[[Eastern Province Herald]]'' of June 7, 1916. (This is an author that we have not been able to trace to date.)
 
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  

Latest revision as of 06:31, 29 February 2020

Jannie Kortbroek ("Johnny short pants") is a South African satirical comedy by an unknown author.

Attributions

Attributed to Stephen Black by P.W. Laidler in his Annals of the Cape Stage (1926), a belief taken up by a number of sources (e.g. the Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa, Thelma Gutsche and Jill Fletcher).

However, Stephen Gray (1999, p.101), claims that the play was not by Black, but a work written in imitation of Stephen Black's popular plays, and was misattributed to Black by P.W. Laidler in his Annals of the Cape Stage (1926).

One source (Eastern Province Herald, June 7 1916) attributes the play to a J.P. Acland Bischoff (1874-1936).

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1916: Staged at the Port Elizabeth Opera House from June 9-15.

Sources

Eastern Province Herald, June 7, 1916.

Stephen Gray. 1999. Free-lancers and Literary Biography in South Africa. Rodopi, 1999: p.101.

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